Taking a dig at the BJP government for changing their Chief Minister a year ago, the AAP chief at a news conference said, “Why did they replace Vijay Rupani with Bhupendra Patel? Does this mean that there was something wrong with Vijay Rupani?”
Ahemdabad: Aam Aadmi Party on October 29, launched their ‘Choose Your Chief Minister Candidate.’ The same campaign was run by AAP in the Punjab Assembly Polls as well. They want the public to select the party’s Chief Ministerial candidate for the Gujarat elections.
This campaign is the latest push by Delhi CM. Kejriwal has been aggressively campaigning in the state. AAP in its rallies is making pre-poll promises of providing free electricity, better education, and healthcare facilities.
Taking a dig at the BJP government for changing their Chief Minister a year ago, the AAP chief at a news conference said, “People want change. They want relief from inflation and unemployment. These people (BJP) changed their Chief Minister one year ago. They first had Vijay Rupani. Why did they replace him with Bhupendra Patel? Does this mean that there was something wrong with Vijay Rupani?”
He said that when Vijay Rupani was brought to power, the public’s opinion was not taken. In democracy, the public makes the decision. “When Vijay Rupani was brought, the public was not asked. It was decided from Delhi. In democracy, the people decide who will be the Chief Minister. Neither did you (BJP) ask in 2016, nor did you ask in 2021,” he said.
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He said that AAP decides their CM candidate by asking the public. “In the Aam Aadmi Party, we do not do this. We decide by asking the public who do you want to be the Chief Minister. You will remember that in Punjab, we asked the people who should be the Chief Minister. And according to the wishes of the people, we named Bhagwant Mann,” the AAP chief said.
“Aam Aadmi Party is going to form a government in Gujarat. In such a situation, whoever is our Chief Ministerial candidate will be the next Chief Minister of Gujarat. So today, we ask the public that you tell us who should be your Chief Minister,” he said.
Explaining how people can choose their CM he said, “For this, we are issuing a number 6357000360 to know the opinion of the public. On this number, you can SMS or send a WhatsApp message or send a voice message. You can also email [email protected]. So, there are four ways for the public to let us know of their choice.”
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